What are the effects of agricultural management on soil organic carbon in boreo-temperate systems?

Environmental Evidence

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Haddaway, Neal R ^b   Hedlund, Katarina ^b   Jackson, Louise E ^c   Kätterer, Thomas ^d   Lugato, Emanuele ^e   Thomsen, Ingrid K ^f   Jørgensen, Helene Bracht ^b   Söderström, Bo ^a  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Amendments; Carbon sequestration; Carbon storage; Conservation agriculture; Crop rotation; Fertilisation; Long term; Soil carbon; Tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84950242575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13750-015-0049-0     Document Type: Article

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